Railway-rail stay.



No. 816,947. PATENTED APR. 3, 19Q6.

H. H. SPGNENBURG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLIUATION IILBD NOV.16, 190:3.

iVlTIL VESSJJJS: I I [MENTOR llllilttld srariss lPh'l-Elflhllt interHlRAM ll. SPQNENBURG, OF WADS'i VQIt'lll, ILLINOIS, AirlSlU-NEllt OFUNlEl HALF TO EDWARD LAAS, OF'UITUMWA, IUWA.

No. eraser.

Elpecification cl Letters Patent.

Patented lhpril 3, Illihtllfil.

Application'filed November liil lilflfiflsrial Ne. 28?.553-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, HLRAM H. Securin- BURG, of Wadsworth, in the countyof Lake, in the State of Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Rail Stays, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to rail-stays which are applied to railwaytraclrsfor the purpose of securely anchoring the rails to their sup--porting-ties to prevent longitudinal creeping oi the rails.

The inventionv has reference to the class of rail-stays embodying twojaws clamped onto the respective flanges of the rail by means of a boltpassing across the bottom of the rail and provided with means abutting;against the sideoi' the crosstie, and chilled iron or steelflange-gripping pieces confined .11 the top of said jaws. In thisrespect the present invention is particularly related to the style i ofrail-stay shown and described in my United States Letters Patent No.799,361, issued Se tember 12, 1905.

The 0 'ject of this invention is to produce a rail-stay which shall besimple, strong, and durable and shall be very light in weight, so as tocheapen the manufacture, and at the same time rovide a constructionwhich will operate to increase its hold on the rail as the rail tends tocreep longitudinally, and thus 7 effectually resist such action ol therail.

To that end the invention consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of the component parts of the rail-stay hereinafter fullydescribed, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I shows a transverse section of arailway-rail and its supporting-tie with my improved rail, stay appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesection on the line X X in Fig. 2. Fig. t is a lunch tudinal section onthe line Y Y in Fig. i. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line Z inFig. 2; and Fig. (i is a detail outer face view of the tie a'outting.jawshowing" the clampingbolt in cross scetion.

Similar letters of reference indicate cori-espending parts. i

A denotes the railway-rail, which is sup ported upon the usual cross-tieB.

C represents one of the jaws of the railstay and which is conlposcd,preferably, of

tel groove (1, receiving; one oi? the flanges h of the rail, in the topof which groove is ureter ably provided a chilled iron or steel plate a,which grips the top'oi said flange. Said jaw is also formed at itsopposite sides with breasts or walls d J, disposed at right angles tothe groove and extending under the rail, one of which breasts abutsagainst the side of the cross-tie B. By providing two of these breaststhe jaw may be placed at either side of the rail, thus ohviating makingrights and lel'ts. ilhisjaw is provided with a trans verse aperture e,having its top in line with the bottom oi the rail, and thusintersecting the move a, which aperture is ta ered inwardly to form afulcrum for the 0 am ingbolt D, as indicated at fin Fig. 4 ol therawlugs and for the purpose hereinafter ezrplained. The bolt 1U extendsacross the bottorn of the rail it and contiguous thereto and is formedwith a head g, bearing" on a boss h, formed on the vertical back oi saidjaw C. C denotes the other jaw of the stay and which consists of amalleable iron block l'ormed with a horizontal groove a, receiving theother flange b ol the rail. The groove of this jaw is providedin its topwith a serrated chilled iron or steel plate I), which rips the top ofsaid [hinge and is confined in the groove by means of tongues cr,.'i'orn1ed on the jaw at op )osite ends of the groove and bent over onthe edge of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. T hisi aw C is free h'om the cross-tie and is formed with anoutwardly-tapered transverse aperture d, an coinciding with the apertureof the jaw and through which passes the aforesaid clamping? bolt l),provided with a not 1*, hearine on the "vertical back of? the said jaw.lly this connertion of the bolt with the two jaws the said jaws are held,nbrnially in a line parallel with the side of the cross-tie ll.

lily reason of the vertical backs of thejaws extending above the edgesof the rail-flanges and the apertures thereof havingtheirtops in iceline with the bottom of the rail the holt head and nut are ail'ordedmore direct hearings on the jaws and thus they thoroughly brace the jawsand effectually prevent the same from twisting or turning; on therail-llanges By forming the said apertures a and a of the jaws tapering,as described and shown, and providing the end of the bolt D at the tratd by -tie-abutting jaw C with the fulcrum f the op- 5 when the lattertends to creep longitudinally fin the direction indicat ed by the arrowin Fig. :2 of the drawings, and thereby cause the two jaws to increasetheir grip on the rail. Although the jaw C will be moved out of linewith the jaw Cavhen the rail tends to creep,

at the same time it is obvious that the taper ing apertures will permitthe bolt to main- ,tain the jaws at right angles to the railfian es.This action of the rail-stay is illusdotted lines in Fig. 4 of thedrawings.

While I have shown my device constructed and applied in whatI nowconsider its prc-' ferred form, it should be understood that theinsertion of the serrated plates or the provision of teeth for the jawsis not essential, and that while I have shown the bolt connecting thejaws as provided with a head at one end and a nut at the other end,whereby the jaws arev held in their gripping position, although they maybe drawn or driven to gripping position in any suitable manner, yet thebolt may be made to engage the jaws in any way which will obtain the endin view, such as by providing the bolt with a hook at one end or with awedge at one or both ends or in any other manner which is shown in theprior patents granted to me.

/ What I claim is l. The cornbination with the rail and crosstie, of arail-stay comprising two separatelyformed jaws applied to o posite sidesof the v rail and disposed normal y in a line parallel with the side ofthe cross-tie, one of said jaws engaging the side of. the cross-tie andthe other jaw free therefrom, and 'means clamping the jaws in theirpositions and ermitting he free jaw to be forced toward t e cross-tie bythe creeping action of the rail and maintaining the jaws at right anglestothe rail as set forth. a

2. The combination with-the rail,'and un-' derlying cross-tie, of arail-stay comprising two separately-formed jaws'gripping the oppositerail-flanges and disposed normally in a line parallel with the side ofthe cross-tie, one of said jaws abutting against the side of thecross-tie and the other jaw free therefrom, and a bolt extending acrossthe bottom of-the rail and contiguous thereto and operative for clampingsaid jaws. in their positions, said bolt being adapted 'to swinglaterally whereby the free jaw is permitted to move toward the cross-ticas the rail tends to creep and 0 thereby increase the grips of the twojaws on the said rail-flanges as set forth.

3."l hc coinbinationwith the rail and crosstic, of a:r ailstaycomprising two separatelyform'cd jaws gripping the respective flangeserase? of the rail and disposed normally in a line parallel with theside of the cross-tie, one of the jaws abutting against the cross-tieand the other jaw free therefrom, and a bolt extending contiguouslyacross the bottom of formed jaws, each provided with a vertical backextending above the edge of the railfiange and with a transverseaperture, the to of which is in line with the bottom of the rai it boltpassing through said apertures and provided with a head and a nut, eachof which bears on the back of a jaw and has its bearing. extending abovethe railflange as set forth.

5. A railways-ail stay comprising two separately-formed jaws, one ofwhich is provided with a horizontal groove receiving one of therail-flanges and with a breast abutting against the side of thecross-tie, and the other provided with a horizontal groove receiving theother rail-flange, and disposed free from the cross-tie, said jaws beingprovided with coinciding apertures, and a bolt passing through tie, of arail-stay consisting of two separately-1 said apertures and extendingacross and contiguous to the bottom of the rail-and clamping said jawsin their positions, the aperture of the abutting jaw being taperedinw'ardly and'the aperture of the free jaw tapered out-' wardly wherebythe said bolt is adapted to" swing laterally to permit the latter jaw tobe forced toward the cross-tie by the creeping action of the rail tocause the two jaws to increase their grip on the rail as set forth.

6. A railway-rail stay comprising two separately-formed jaws providedwith horizontal grooves receiving the respective rail-flanges and withserrated flange-gripping plates confined in said grooves, one of thejaws provided witha breast abutting against the side of the cross-tieand the other aw free therefrom, coinciding apertures in said jawsinterseating the bottoms of the grooves, a bolt passing through saidapertures and extending across the bottom of the rail and clamping thejaws in their positions and having a l'ulcrumed connection with thetic-abutting jaw whereby the said bolt is adapjcd to swing laterally .topermit the other jaw to be forced toward the cross-tic by the creepingaction of the rail. and thereby increase the grips of the two jawson'thc rail as set forth.

lllRAill H. HI'UNENBURG. it. s.]

W i tnesses:

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GiLEs S. F'AHXHEH,

